Cover the top half of a 13.5cm x 15cm blank with green paper. Wrap ribbon around the join and tie in a bow at the right.

Cut a piece of floral paper to the same size as the image, and mat both to the blank as shown on the sketch.

Push pins through the knot of the bow, add a sentiment and a few gems to finish.

I decided to use coloured pencils this time to keep in with the delicate nature of the image.

The girls over at Incy Wincy are certainly keeping me 'challenged' lately as I don't usually do sketch layouts such as this one. I think it's good for us to get out of our 'comfort zone' every once in a while, don't you?

Have a peep at what the talented Design Team have created, grab some inspiration and have a go at the challenge. You could be the lucky winner of 3 Ppinkydolls digi images! Good luck!

Create a sentiment, mat onto black card and fix to the base of the card with foam tape.Add some black pearls to finish.I just love the look on this guys face. If he wasn't saying 'Sup?' I think it would be 'What u lookin' at?' As it's a perfect image to use for a male card, I stuck with monochromatic tones of blacks and greys.Why not pop on over to Incy Wincy to enter the challenge and have a look at the scrummy inspiration my talented teamies have created?Thank you for stopping by, ttfn xxP.S. I'm still not a fan of easel cards :o(

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Wow! We had some wind last night (no, not Simon & I). It was horrible. All I kept thinking about was my poor chickens!

Well today is bright and sunny and the chickens are fine and happily strutting around the garden. They are starting to lay again now that their annual moult has finished - whoopee!

As promised, here is another little Christmas pressie thank you card.

This time I used die cuts from the My Mind's Eye Colorful Christmas Collection. This has got to be one of my favourite Christmas collections ever! I love these bright and cheery colours, the last couple of years manufacturers seem to have toned down the colours :o(

Bring the bright ones back I say!! :o))

The sentiment is one of the Pebbles Inc Duplicates and I added a few gems to finish.

There you go, another quick and simple thank you card using up stuff from my stash. I still have a couple more to show you, so I'll be later with those. Until then ttfn & thanks for dropping in.

The colours look a tad more vibrant in the photo, they are more subdued in the real world! Isn't it gorgeous? The little dragon sold me on this one - so, so cute. He reminds me a bit of Spyro the Dragon (games that I have played many times).

Wrap and tie olive ribbon around the blank at the bottom of the image.Add some gems and a sentiment to finish.Ta da! There you have it. My Design Teamies have come up with some truly inspirational makes this week. Why not pop into Incy Wincy for a peep?Thank you so much for stopping by. TTFN! xx

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Last week I did some thank you cards with a Christmassy theme to send out to family and friends for our lovely Christmas pressies.

I needed to make them quite quickly and decided to use up some of the fab Christmas stickers and die cuts that I have.

They are little A7 sized cards (7.5cm x 10.5cm), perfect for a little thank you card.

The Rudolph and scallops are taken from the Everybody Loves Christmas Element Sticker sheet by Echo Park. The wording is a rub-on by Pebbles Inc. I just added a large red flat backed pearl for his lovely nose.

I will be back soon with another little thank you card. So glad you stopped by :o)

Saturday, 10 January 2015

I do hope you are all having a fab weekend so far. I've been busy today doing my DT make for the next challenge for Incy Wincy.

Simon has been in the garage all day, don't ask what he's up to. Last weekend there was a lot of 'buffing' going on. He is obsessed with making all the parts for Molly very shiny. She's got very shiny parts, but no body shell at the minute (away being sprayed as I speak - hopefully). I daren't go in the garage in case I get a good buffing too - ooer!

So! Onto a little card I made for Will my nephew. It was his birthday during the week and you know how it is to try and come up with a card for a teenage boy - aarrgh!

I got a lovely speech bubble die set for Christmas, Die-namics Say Hello by My Favorite Things. It has two dies, one with 'hello' in it and another that is just a large blank bubble.

Because of the size of the bubble I thought it would be fun to have a ridiculously small character saying happy birthday in very large letters. I scouted through my stamps and came across a fave set that I've had for years - Picoti Picota by Artemio. There is the teeniest little bird in the set that was just what I was looking for..

Anyway, I've waffled long enough, here is said card...

What you need...

Card stock: black, white

Patterned paper: Zip-A-Dee-Doodle 6x6 Paper Pad - Bo Bunny

Stickers: Zip-A-Dee-Doodle Combo Stickers - Bo Bunny

Stamps: Picoti Picota - Artemio

Dies: Die-namics Transformables-Say Hello - My Favorite Things

Promarkers: Duck Egg, Ice Grey 1

Punch: circle 5/8"

Gems: black

What you do...

Cover the bottom of a top fold blank with a 3cm deep strip of 'Meow' paper. Apply a length of black/white striped border sticker along the top edge.

Stamp and colour in the bird and punch out. Fix him to the left, tucking him just under the sticker.

Create and print out a sentiment, then die cut it out. Attach to the top of the blank. Add gems to the exclamation marks and three along the border a the right.

I love this collection by Bo Bunny, the colour palette is limited to black, white, blues and greens, there are a few flowery patterns and but most of the collection has some great designs suitable for male cards.

I am pleased to say that Will loved it. Success! I now have another teenage boy card to do for the end of the month for Will's brother Tom. Do you think he'd notice if I did him the same card but with a different patterned paper?

Probably.

I'm going to say ta-ta now. Thank you for calling by and enjoy the rest of your weekend :o) xx

The creator of the winning card will receive some craft goodies and they can grab a Challenge Winner 'brag badge' to proudly display on their blog.

Three runner up cards will be chosen and they can grab the Challenge Top 3! 'brag badge' to proudly display on their blog.There is also a 'play along' badge that you can grab if you wish. The codes can be found in the 'Cosmic Colours Challenge Badges' page.
The challenge will run until 31st January 2015 - 23:55 (GMT)Can't wait to see your lovely designs :o) xx